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I've been trying to use iTunes now for about a year, and we just don't get on. So I tried instaling Windows Media Player for the Mac ... and there's no support for MP3s .. useless. I looked at Winamp, but this has to be run through wine or some other cocktail of programs.

So this leads me to ask, are there a good (native) mp3 player for the Mac? I want something like Media Player on Windows or Winamp. I don't want something to re-organize my music directories, I have put the music in the directories they're in for a very good reason.

Any suggestions?

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Tried finding an alternative to iTunes as well, but gave up. This is the best you can get on Mac Os. Maybe Songbird, but it's not great... – alex Aug 29 '09 at 11:35
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You can turn off the organization feature in iTunes. Go to the "Advanced" preferences pane and uncheck Keep itunes Folder organized". – Mark Thalman Aug 29 '09 at 11:36
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Or, perhaps even better, uncheck "Copy files to iTunes Music folder when adding to library". That way iTunes will use the music files right from their original location. – Jonik Aug 29 '09 at 11:50
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I have to admit I love iTunes. If it wasn't for iTunes on my Mac I would never have "gotten" it either, now I get irritated if it is not installed. It does have a learning curve. But well worth it. – Diago♦ Aug 29 '09 at 17:52
Out of interest, what reason is that? – Benjamin Dobson Aug 29 '09 at 20:09

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It's hard to go wrong with VLC. There are native OSX binaries.

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SongBird is a good alternative to iTunes, it looks and has an interface similiar to iTunes, the project is part of Mozilla's many many projects, so it has the firefox browser backbone and many goodies from the open source world. There is also a winamp for mac, its outdated, but if you fancy it its called MacAmp Lite X.(Link here!)

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I've always been partial to Amarok, and it looks like it's possible to get it working on OS X, but this might not be the easiest option.

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The KDE on Mac OS X website has more up-to-date information about installing KDE applications (such as Amarok) on Mac OS X: mac.kde.org/?id=build The current recommendation is to build KDE 4 and Amarok using Fink or MacPorts. This is time-consuming, but not difficult. – las3rjock Aug 29 '09 at 17:16

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